#m!cecil

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

British gay/bi male writers and their social circles

As a great admirer of gay literature, the social circles of gay and bisexual male writers is something that piques my interest. Due to the dangerousness of the matter in the past and also because it revolves around a relatively small niche, it seems that there was high level familiarity between these figures. The United Kingdom, a country whose literary input has abundant homoerotic tones, is a very adequate setting to analyze such a configuration.

I've been building a graph on this subject for some time, and now it seems mature enough for me to post it. It's a diagram based on friendship connections — deep or superficial —, although romantic and family-related connections are also included. Just a mutual recognition of existence isn't enough to justify a connection (otherwise most of them would be linked to Wilde!), and rivalries were not considered too. All the writers included were born during the Victorian and Edwardian eras (1837-1910), where this interconnectivity seemed particularly strong.

This is just an early version, as I imagine there is still a considerable amount of information that I missed. Therefore, I'm very open to suggestions and comments on it!

(Three Irishmen were also included in the diagram: Stoker, Wilde and Reid)

[asydicsydney]

My brother was trying to guess Night Vale names and he took like 10 minutes on Cecil alone. And then this conversation happened,

"And they both work at radio station?"

"No, just Cecil."

"So Carlos is his boywife?"

"HE'S A SCIENTIST!"

[rrrauschen]

Cecil M. Hepworth & Percy Stow, {1903} Alice in Wonderland

[walkman-cat]

kinda gay to be a detective etc. etc. you know how it is

[djservo]

the looks in Jesus Christ Superstar (2000) were so Urbz

[onifanss]

ERO404 •

[politicaldilfs]

West Virginia Governor DILFs

Jay Rockefeller, Cecil H. Underwood, Okey Patteson, Gaston Caperton, Jim Justice, Bob Wise, Howard M. Gore, H. Guy Kump, Hulett C. Smith, Matthew M. Neely, William Wallace Barron, Arch A. Moore Jr., Earl Ray Tomblin, William C. Marland, Joe Manchin

[foccaccia]

"well, listeners, the riots have been forcefully calmed down by the sheriffs secret police, and the definitely-not-angels have put out their burning effigy of that round skeleton and ceased their chanting of 'SE-XY MAN. SE-XY MAN.'

"i am finally safe and alone in my office once more, and i - oh. oh god. oh dear god. listeners, i have just noticed what appears to be a dead body at my door, left there as if a gift from some well meaning but utterly clueless and unrelatable animal who does not know basic social etiquette - that, of course, corpses as gifts should be wrapped in silver paper with pages of that great american surrealist parody novel "Eat, Pray, Love" taped into a bow stuck on top.

"since khoshekh, my cat, floats four feet off the ground next to the sink in what was the mens restroom and is now a unisex restroom, this can only mean station management has left this corpse here.

"listeners, i find myself nervous, wondering if this is a warning to me from the edritch plural monstrosity that governs my work life and threatens me constantly - oh, but no, listeners, i am observing the dead body more carefully and am sensing the bitterness and fear that can only come from one who has lived a live spouting so much hate and pain. this corpse, whoever she may have been, lived a life of cruelty and deliberate harm, perhaps in the form of anti-transgender laws or severly antisemitic childrens books, though of course, listeners, i would have no way of knowing for sure. i can absolutely say i would not brave a library to find out.

"regardless, i think this must be a congratulatory gift from station management as to my new crowning of 'sexyman' status. my beloved carlos assures me i deserve it, though i admit i do not know, because of course i do not look in mirrors.

"well, listeners, if we have learned anything today, it is that the kindnesses and good intentions of our past, no matter how distant, will always remain in the hearts of the people around us, and may someday crown us - while our poison and hatred may end up with us brutally murdered by squamous beings and dropped at the doorsteps of unsuspecting radio hosts. good night, night vale. good night."

welcome to night vale is a production of commonplace books. it is written by joseph fink and jeffrey cranor, and produced by joseph fink. the voice of night vale is cecil baldwin. original music by disparition. all of it can be found at disparition dot info, or at disparition dot bandcamp dot com. this episode's weather was 'megalovania' by toby fox.

[yellobb]

This was my 15th birthday cake, but today it can be our celebration cake. Let’s go Cecil!!!!

[eemamminy-art]

So angry I could kiss you

[mudstoneabyss]

we need Kevin back NOW I need to hear him SAY THINGS in his sweet little voice

[euclydya]

what's so funny is it wasn't even Kim forming that got us into DE even though kit formed before we properly got into the game. no. no it was fuckin inland forming of course ajakakdkaksxkskdkdm

[agnes-come-back-challenge]

IF WE GET CECIL'S-FATHER-LORE IN THE LIMINAL SPACES EPISODE I AM GOING TO RUN UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK AT 11PM

[wolfofartblock]

Just boys bein boys I guess

And a version with a shirt because why not

[mixamorphosis]

Blog post and linked up tracklist [HERE].

Tracklist

Cecile - Sweetness 86 (Gomma) Space System - Master Of The Sky (Heels Of Love Mix) (Pizzico Records) Trickski - Pill Collins (Suol) LF/LB - Faded Lady (Liiny's Moussaka Mix) (Freshit Recordings) Spandau Ballet - True (No Request's Re-work) (Not On Label) Havana Candy - Lost In Space (HCR) Joey Negro pres. Kola Kube - Why? (Joey Negro Block Party Edit) (Z Records) Tal M. Klein pres. The Disco Builders - Alone (Aniligital) Apiento & Co. - She Walks (Leng) Boogymann - Ride On (Superhuit) Craig Bratley - Birdshell (6th Borough Project 'Shell Toe' Remix) (Instruments Of Rapture) The Chi-Lites - We Need Order (No Request's Re-work) (Not On Label) Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You (Beatconductor Re-work) (Spicy) George Benson - Give Me The Night (A.C. Edit) (Not On Label)

Download available via [HEARTHIS]

[noirflavoured]

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